Q 1 – Which of the following is a secondary activity?
(a) Coal mining industry
(b) Tourism industry
(c) Fishing
(d) Agriculture
Q 2 – Change of raw materials into products of more value to people is called
(a) manufacturing
(b) resources
(c) population
(d) none of these
Q 3 – Which is not the agro-based industry?
(a) Oil
(b) Textile
(c) Sugar
(d) Food Processing
Q 4 – Marine-based industries are based on
(a) minerals
(b) forest products
(c) agricultural products
(d) oceanic products
Q 5 – Fish is a product of the
(a) mineral-based industries
(b) agro-based industries
(c) marine-based industries
(d) forest-based industries
Q 6 – Basket weaving falls in the category of
(a) small-scale industry
(b) cottage industry
(c) large-scale industry
(d) none of these
Q 7 – Which of the following is a private sector industry?
(a) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
(b) Tata Iron and Steel Industry
(c) Steel Authority of India
(d) National Thermal Power Corporation
Q 8 – Why are state owned industries called public sector industries?
(a) Because they are established, run and maintained by private people.
(b) Because they are established, run and maintained by the government
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
Q 8 – Why are state owned industries called public sector industries?
(a) Because they are established, run and maintained by private people.
(b) Because they are established, run and maintained by the government
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
Q 9 – Which factors affect the location of industry ?
(a) Land
(b) Labour
(c) Capital
(d) All of these
Q 10 – Industrialisation often leads to:
(a) Poverty
(b) Population
(c) Development
(d) None of these
Q 11 – True or false
- Mineral-based industries use products from seas and oceans as raw materials.
- Manufacturing is a tertiary activity.
- National Highway Authority is a Joint Sector Industry.
- Industrialistion has led to the growth of towns and cities.
- First cotton textile mill was established in 1857.
Q 12 – Fill in the blanks
- …………… is an example of co-operative sector industry.
- First cotton textile mill was established in ………………. in 1854.
Q 13 – What is Smelting?
Q 14 – Why do industrial disasters occur?
Q 15 – Where was the first textile mill in India established and when?
Q 16 – Name the major hubs of Information technology industry in the world.
Q 17 – What is the link between the mines and the industry in Pittsburgh?
Q 18 – What are sunrise industries? Give examples.
Q 19 – What are the major industrial regions of India?
Q 20 – Write a short note on Chinese gas well blowout.
Q 21 – Name some important steel producing centres in India.
Q 22 – What are the similarities between information technology industry in Bangalore and California?.
Q 23 – What consists an Industrial System? Explain with an example.
Q 24 – Write the properties and significance of steel.
Q 25 – Discuss the locational advantages for the development of the cotton textile industry in Ahmedabad.